Tadateru Matsudaira

Tadateru Matsudaira (16 February 1592-24 August 1683) was the daimyo of the Matsudaira clan and the sixth son of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. Born in Edo Castle, he lived in Shimotsuke Province early in his life, and in 1603 he was given Shinano Province. He was interested in martial arts, tea, and foreign intercourse, and in 1610 ruled the Takada Domain of Echigo Province along with his wife Iroha, daughter of Masamune Date. In 1615 in the Osaka Campaign he arrived with reinforcements in time to turn the tide of battle and participated in the victory, but was later banished by his brother Hidetada Tokugawa to Shinano, where he died.